Education Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/category/education/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Fri, 21 May 2021 19:31:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png Education Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/category/education/ 32 32 146320098 Past and Future Turtles: The Evolution of the Logo Programming Language (Part 1) http://paleotronic.com/2021/05/22/past-and-future-turtles-the-evolution-of-the-logo-programming-language-part-1/ http://paleotronic.com/2021/05/22/past-and-future-turtles-the-evolution-of-the-logo-programming-language-part-1/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 19:31:07 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=17300 When I was a young child, one of my best friends was a turtle. Not a real turtle, although that would have been fun, but a virtual one. My turtle lived inside of an Apple [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2021/05/22/past-and-future-turtles-the-evolution-of-the-logo-programming-language-part-1/feed/ 0 17300 Introducing turtleSpaces Logo – Apple Logo II Evolved http://paleotronic.com/2020/09/04/introducing-turtlespaces-logo-apple-logo-ii-evolved/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/09/04/introducing-turtlespaces-logo-apple-logo-ii-evolved/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2020 07:21:56 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=14050 Some time ago, we wrote an Apple Logo II-compatible interpreter as a part of microM8, our (mainly) Apple II emulator, along with an Applesoft BASIC interpreter. We added some rudimentary 3D support to the Logo [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/09/04/introducing-turtlespaces-logo-apple-logo-ii-evolved/feed/ 0 14050 Old Logo Turtle… New microLogo Tricks! http://paleotronic.com/2019/09/05/old-logo-turtle-new-micrologo-tricks/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/09/05/old-logo-turtle-new-micrologo-tricks/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2019 04:19:19 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=6691 So it’s fair to say we might have gone a little crazy tricking out the turtle in microM8‘s OpenGL Apple Logo implementation… New Graphical Primitives: Wireframe: Reminder: SETPC color – sets the ‘pen’ colour SETPOPA [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/09/05/old-logo-turtle-new-micrologo-tricks/feed/ 0 6691 A Tongue-In-Cheek Look Back at Broderbund’s ‘The Print Shop’ http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/20/a-tongue-in-cheek-look-at-broderbunds-the-print-shop/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/20/a-tongue-in-cheek-look-at-broderbunds-the-print-shop/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2019 03:05:19 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=6135 In the early 1980s, if you wanted posters to advertise a yard sale or a party, your options were pretty limited. You could get some blank sheets of paper and some crayons or felt markers [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/08/20/a-tongue-in-cheek-look-at-broderbunds-the-print-shop/feed/ 0 6135 The Tech Class: The Computer Enters the 1980s Classroom http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-tech-class-the-computer-enters-the-1980s-classroom/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-tech-class-the-computer-enters-the-1980s-classroom/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2019 03:16:40 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=4018 School kids today may all have tablets, but in the early 1980s you were lucky if your classroom had its own computer! More likely, there was only one (or maybe two) for the entire school. [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-tech-class-the-computer-enters-the-1980s-classroom/feed/ 0 4018 The Toy Store: The Milton Bradley Big Trak http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-toy-store-the-milton-bradley-big-trak/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-toy-store-the-milton-bradley-big-trak/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:40:52 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3991 One of the hottest Christmas toys of 1979 was a lunar-inspired tank that taught rudimentary computer programming! The Milton Bradley Big Trak (also stylised as bigtrak) is a programmable toy resembling a futuristic utility vehicle [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/04/09/the-toy-store-the-milton-bradley-big-trak/feed/ 0 3991 Pong: or, how I learned to love getting paddled http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/24/pong-or-how-i-learned-to-love-getting-paddled/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/24/pong-or-how-i-learned-to-love-getting-paddled/#respond Sat, 24 Nov 2018 04:43:07 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2270 In the 1960s, television was something that was a passive occupation, you turn it on an it entertained you. The possibility that you might be able to create or manage what you saw on the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/24/pong-or-how-i-learned-to-love-getting-paddled/feed/ 0 2270 CRT Trouble? Danger Will Robinson! http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/07/crt-trouble-danger-will-robinson/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/07/crt-trouble-danger-will-robinson/#respond Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:45:40 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2078 Danger Will Robinson! High Voltage! In order to work, a TV or monitor uses high-voltage currents which can electrocute you! For electrons to be attracted enough to the anode to leave the cathode in a [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/07/crt-trouble-danger-will-robinson/feed/ 0 2078 It’s Not Just Your Lawn: Why Retro-Computing Belongs To Their Future, Not Your Past. http://paleotronic.com/2018/10/29/its-not-your-lawn-why-retro-computing-belongs-to-their-future-not-your-past/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/10/29/its-not-your-lawn-why-retro-computing-belongs-to-their-future-not-your-past/#respond Mon, 29 Oct 2018 01:19:09 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1963 Recently we experienced some negative feedback on a public forum from an individual who took issue with our exuberance in announcing new features in microM8, calling them unimportant or defective, accusing us of stealing some [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/10/29/its-not-your-lawn-why-retro-computing-belongs-to-their-future-not-your-past/feed/ 0 1963 Ancient Tongues: Logo Spacewar! http://paleotronic.com/2018/09/27/ancient-tongues-logo-spacewar/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/09/27/ancient-tongues-logo-spacewar/#respond Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:00:34 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1526 You can duke it out with a friend, but be careful not to fall into the star in this exclusive Spacewar clone written in Apple Logo. Seymour Papert’s Logo programming language is perfect for a [more...]

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